- (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the local law of this state governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien is:
(1) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:
- (A) The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
- (B) The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or
- (2) The office of the secretary of state, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.
- (b) The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the office of the secretary of state. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.
- (c) The office in which to file an effective financing statement pursuant to article 9.5 of this title is the office of the secretary of state.
Source: L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1378, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note - Colorado legislative change: Colorado added subsection (c).